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Georgia
100
What method of influencing political decision making led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The power of public opinion, when millions watched news reports of police controlling civil rights demonstrators with attack dogs and fire hoses after the bombing of a church
100
What was the ruling of the U. S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education?
The separate but equal policy of Plessy v. Ferguson was unconstitutional
100
What was added to the Georgia state flag in 1956?
The battle emblem of the confederacy
200
What was special about the election of Maynard Jackson in 1974?
He became the first African American to be elected mayor of Atlanta
200
In what year did the Georgia state flag become an issue in the race for governor?
2002
200
Whose death created a problem in Georgia's 1946 governor's election?
Eugene Talmadge
300
Name three accomplishments of Maynard Jackson in 1974.
expansion of Hartsfield International Airport, first African American mayor of a major city , and used tax dollars to fund fine arts programs in Atlanta
300
How was the Georgia's 1946 governor's election finally resolved?
A special election held in 1948
300
What group was formed two months after the 1960's sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina?
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
400
What is a surprising accomplishment of Lester Maddox as governor of Georgia?
He appointed more African Americans to state boards and commissions than all previous governors combined
400
What amendment did the U.S. Supreme Court use to decide the Brown v. Board of Education case?
14th Amendment
400
What Georgian politician confronted a group of African American college students outside of his restaurant with axe handles prior to running for governor?
Lester Maddox
500
Who am I? I was an SCLC leader, I was first African American from Georgia elected to Congress since Reconstruction, served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, served as mayor of Atlanta, and was on organizing committee for Atlanta's 1996 Olympic Games
Andrew Young
500
Which Georgia school system was the first to integrate in 1961?
Atlanta Public Schools
500
Who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under Jimmy Carter?
Andrew Young